1966 Individual Speedway World Championship

The format of the Championship changed for the 1966 event. With the final to be held in Sweden, six riders from Sweden would be eligible for the World Final by finishing in the top six of the Swedish finals. The remaining Scandinavian riders were pooled in with the British and Commonwealth riders and then the Continental riders, who ultimately would have only 10 places for the World Final. Two Swedish finals were held during 1966, the three race qualifying for the World Final and another held on 7 October that was separate from the World Championship. ==First round==

Qualification results. British & Commonwealth qualifying • Top 32 to British & Commonwealth semi-finals ==Second round==

British & Commonwealth semi-finals • 15 June • The Shay, Halifax • Top 8 to British final Continental qualifying • Top 32 to Continental semi-finals Finnish qualifying • 30 July 1965 • Kärpänen Speedway, Lahti • Top 3 (+1 seeded) to Nordic final 1966 ==Third round==

British & Commonwealth Final • 27 June 1966 • Wimbledon Stadium, London • First 8 to British/Commonwealth/Scandinavian Final plus 1 reserve Nordic Final • 19 May 1966 • Selskov Stadium, Hillerød • First 7 to British/Commonwealth/Scandinavian Final plus 1 reserve Continental Semi-finals • 22 May • Rybnik Municipal Stadium, Rybnik • Top 8 to Continental final ==Fourth round==

Swedish Qualifying • 1 May, Gamla Speedway Track, Visby • Top 8 to Swedish final Continental Final • 25 June 1966 • Slaný Speedway Stadium, Slaný • First 9 to European Final plus 1 reserve British/Commonwealth/Scandinavian Final • 14 July 1966 • Owlerton Stadium, Sheffield • First 7 to European Final plus 1 reserve ==Fifth round==

Swedish Final • Top 6 to World final European Final • 3 September 1966 • Wembley Stadium, London • First 10 to World Final plus 1 reserve ==World Final==

• 23 September 1966 • Ullevi, Gothenburg ==References==